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Develop A Personal Tone on Your Blog

May 4, 2010
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“When you write like everyone else and sound like everyone else and act like everyone else, you’re saying, “Our products are like everyone else’s, too.”–Jason Fried from a recent Inc magazine article When I started blogging I feared being myself and looked to other bloggers I respected and copied their tone. I’m sure everyone starts [...]

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Use Google Keyword Tool to Optimize & Focus Your Blog

April 18, 2010
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Often times people jump into blogging with passion but fail to translate and focus that passion into content that other people want to read. I always click on other posts that offer tips on how to refine the focus of a blog. An easy way to do this is to use Google Keywords to discover [...]

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Do as we say…

March 23, 2010
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Brian has covered this before, but one of the things that I’ve found is most effective in bringing visitors to your site is posting regularly. On my personal homepage I’ve been trying to post something with substance twice a week. What has been even more effective is splitting longer posts up. There are a couple [...]

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for New Bloggers

December 22, 2009
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1. Post REGULARLY (not a numerical goal): Something as specific as “I’m going to post every Tuesday and Friday.” 2. Respond to EVERY comment: A blog is set up for discussion and engagement; if you do not respond to comments you will dampen the spirits of those who comment and decrease the chances that they [...]

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Google Analytics: An Advanced Tip to Sharpen Your Content

November 30, 2009
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I just met Nick Iyengar (thks @jeffwidman) and he was generous enough to explain Google Analytics to me. He recently blogged about how to use the results that analytics shows for your organic keywords to sharpen the content production process. Here are some great quotes from the post. You should definitely take some time to [...]

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Expert Blogger Chris Brogan Keynote Presentation

November 19, 2009

I attended Web 2.0 in New York this week and had a chance to hear this live. Thought it would be great to share with you.

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Listen and Communicate On Twitter!

November 10, 2009
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“Anyone not ‘@’ replying on Twitter doesn’t get it. It’s about listening and communicating, not press releasing”–Gary Vaynerchk If you are new on Twitter and barely update it then using the ‘@’ reply can be difficult. However I would suggest deciding on a ratio between “push” and “pull” tweets. I do not have an exact [...]

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